De achttienjarige Alex Owens werkt overdag als lasser in een staalfabriek en 's nachts is ze een zwoele danseres in een bar. In haar dromen is ze echter al een gevierde ballerina. Via audities probeert zij om toegelaten te worden bij een professionele dansschool.
Nee, helaas is Flashdance nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Joe Eszterhas | Screenplay |
| Production | Don Simpson | Producer |
| Art | Charles Rosen | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michael Kaplan | Costume Design |
| Camera | Donald Peterman | Director of Photography |
| Production | Gretchen Rennell | Casting |
| Art | Marvin March | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Adrian Lyne | Director |
| Production | Jerry Bruckheimer | Producer |
| Writing | Thomas Hedley Jr. | Screenplay |
| Sound | Giorgio Moroder | Original Music Composer |
| Crew | Conrad E. Palmisano | Stunt Driver |
| Sound | Sylvester Levay | Conductor |
| Sound | Louis L. Edemann | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Robert 'Buzz' Knudson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Michael Lantieri | Special Effects |
| Crew | Jeffrey Hornaday | Choreographer |
| Sound | Cecelia Hall | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | George Watters II | Sound Effects Editor |
| Editing | Richard Alderete | Associate Editor |
| Editing | Bud S. Smith | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert L. Stevenson | Hairstylist |
| Production | Julie Selzer | Casting Assistant |
| Sound | Robert Glass | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Don Digirolamo | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Ken Topolsky | Music Coordinator |
| Art | Mark Wade | Property Master |
| Lighting | Kal Manning | Gaffer |
| Editing | Robert Lederman | Associate Editor |
| Crew | Joe Dunne | Stunt Coordinator |
| Art | Walt Hadfield | Construction Coordinator |
| Editing | M. Scott Smith | Associate Editor |
| Production | Matt Casella | Casting Assistant |
| Camera | Clay H. Wilson | Dolly Grip |
| Editing | Mitchell Sinoway | Associate Editor |
| Production | John R. Woodward | Location Manager |
| Camera | Calvin Sterry | Key Grip |
| Sound | David W. Gray | Dolby Consultant |
| Crew | Joel Marrow | Transportation Coordinator |
| Writing | Thomas Hedley Jr. | Story |
| Sound | Jim Henrikson | Music Editor |
| Camera | Dickson P. Sorensen | Additional Photography |
| Sound | Adam Fields | Music Supervisor |
| Camera | John R. Shannon | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paula Cain | Costume Supervisor |
| Directing | Joanie Blum | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Phil Ramone | Music Supervisor |
| Production | Christine Forsyth-Peters | Executive Producer |
| Production | Casey Silver | Production Assistant |
| Production | Tom Jacobson | Associate Producer |
| Crew | John Robotham | Stunts |
| Production | Donna M. Belajac | Location Casting |
| Directing | Albert M. Shapiro | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Victor Paul | Stunts |
| Crew | George Fisher | Stunts |
| Production | Rita Clarke Holt | Location Casting |
| Crew | Ted Grossman | Stunts |
| Camera | John J. Connor | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Louie Elias | Stunts |
| Directing | Marty P. Ewing | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | James E. Webb | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Tom Jacobson | Unit Production Manager |
| Crew | George Robotham | Stunts |
| Production | Lynda Obst | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Keith Forsey | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Walt Mulconery | Editor |
| Production | Jon Peters | Executive Producer |
| Production | Peter Guber | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rick Sharp | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Victoria Vanderkloot | Stunt Double |
